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CANALETTO: The Piazzetta Looking towards S. Maria della Salute

CANALETTO
🖼 The Piazzetta Looking towards S. Maria della Salute, 1725-30
Pen and ink over pencil
233 × 182 cm
Windsor, United Kingdom

Golden light floods the Piazzetta as gondolas glide past the Doge's Palace, rendered in precise linear perspective with luminous detail. Canaletto's vedute defined 18th-century Venice tourism, capturing the city's architectural splendor for wealthy collectors seeking portable memories of the Grand Tour.

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